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Errors Of Justice - Nature, Sources And Remedies

by Brian Forst

55,65€ + 10% CARD

 A fresh perspective on the assessment of criminal justice policy, examining the prospect of assessing policies based on their impact on errors of justice: the error of failing to bring offenders to justice and the error of imposing costs on innocent people and excessive costs on offenders.
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Companions In Crime - The Social Aspects Of Criminal Conduct

by Mark Warr

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 In Companions in Crime, Mark Warr organizes the extensive literature on peer influence and group delinquency into a coherent form for the first time. The principal thesis of the book is that deviant behavior is predominantly social behavior, and criminologists must eventually determine the significance of that fact.
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Criminologists On Terrorism And Homeland Security

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 This volume presents 19 original essays addressing what is widely regarded as the most serious problem confronting America today and for years to come â€" terrorism â€" from the unique perspective of criminology. Criminologists on Terrorism and Homeland Security will be of interest to anyone concerned about violence prevention and terrorism.
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Prison State - The Challenge Of Mass Incarceration

by Anne (Rutgers University, New Jersey) Morrison Piehl e Bert (Purdue University, Indiana) Useem

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 This book takes a broad, critical look at the dramatic increase in incarceration in American society over the past 25 years. The authors use new evidence to challenge previously held notions about the causes and consequences of such a large prison population in American society.
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Gangs And Delinquency In Developmental Perspective

by Alan J. (State University Of New York, Albany) Lizotte, Carolyn A. (State University Of New York, Albany) Smith, Kimberly (Westfield State College, Massachusetts) Tobin, Marvin D. (State University Of New York, Albany) Krohn e Terence P. (State University Of New York, Albany) Thornberry

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 This book examines how membership in adolescent street gangs influences human development. The authors examine the origins of gang membership and the social and psychological factors that lead some youths to join a gang. They show that gang membership increases the chances of developmental problems.
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Situational Prison Control - Crime Prevention In Correctional Institutions

by Richard (Griffith University, Queensland) Wortley

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 This book examines the control of prison disorder through the application of situational crime prevention principles. It presents a new model of situational prevention with applications beyond institutions to community settings, and examines problem behaviours, providing comprehensive reviews of prison control literature not depending upon a situational crime prevention interest.
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Legacies Of Crime - A Follow-Up Of The Children Of Highly Delinquent Girls And Boys

by Peggy C. (Bowling Green State University, Ohio) Giordano

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 Legacies of Crime explores the lives of seriously delinquent girls and boys in the United States over a twenty-year period as they grew to adulthood. In-depth interviews with the women, men and children depict the adults' economic and social disadvantages and continued criminal involvement, and the impact on their children.
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Legacies Of Crime - A Follow-Up Of The Children Of Highly Delinquent Girls And Boys

by Peggy C. (Bowling Green State University, Ohio) Giordano

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 Legacies of Crime explores the lives of seriously delinquent girls and boys in the United States over a twenty-year period as they grew to adulthood. In-depth interviews with the women, men and children depict the adults' economic and social disadvantages and continued criminal involvement, and the impact on their children.
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Prisoner Reentry And Crime In America

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 Prisoner Reentry and Crime in America is about the relationship between the large numbers of people coming out of prison and public safety, especially in the U.S. The book's main purpose is to provide new information about the public safety consequences of released prisoners.
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Criminality And Violence Among The Mentally Disordered - The Stockholm Metropolitan Project

by Carl-Gunnar (Stockholms Universitet) Janson e Sheilagh (Universite De Montreal) Hodgins

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 In recent years there has been a significant increase in crime amongst persons suffering from major mental disorders. In this important new book the authors attempt to describe the criminality of the mentally ill and to identify the complex chain of factors which cause it.
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Mean Streets - Youth Crime And Homelessness

by Bill (University Of Victoria, British Columbia) Mccarthy e John (University Of Toronto) Hagan

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 This field study, featuring intensive interviews of youth living on the streets of Toronto and Vancouver, examines why youth take to the streets, their struggles to survive, victimization, involvement in crime, contacts with the police, and efforts to rejoin conventional society. Major theories of youth crime are analyzed and reappraised.
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Early Prevention Of Adult Antisocial Behaviour

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 A comprehensive overview of prevention programmes in pregnancy, infancy, pre-school, parent education and training and school programmes. It also focuses on family violence and whether risk factors and prevention programmes have different effects for females compared to males. Cost-benefit analyses of early prevention programmes are also reviewed.
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Drug-Crime Connections

by Katy (University Of Glamorgan) Holloway e Trevor (University Of Glamorgan) Bennett

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 The book examines the connections between drug misuse and crime. Based on the results of nearly 5,000 interviews from the New English and Welsh Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (NEW-ADAM) programme, it explores specific drug-crime connections and topics such as gender, ethnicity, gangs, guns, drug markets, and treatment needs.
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Drug-Crime Connections

by Katy (University Of Glamorgan) Holloway e Trevor (University Of Glamorgan) Bennett

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 The book examines the connections between drug misuse and crime. Based on the results of nearly 5,000 interviews from the New English and Welsh Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (NEW-ADAM) programme, it explores specific drug-crime connections and topics such as gender, ethnicity, gangs, guns, drug markets, and treatment needs.
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What Works In Corrections - Reducing The Criminal Activities Of Offenders And Deliquents

by Doris Layton (University Of Maryland, College Park) Mackenzie

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 Through her extensive research, in this 2006 book MacKenzie provides an intensive review of correctional interventions and programs.
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The Prison And The Gallows - The Politics Of Mass Incarceration In America

by Marie (University Of Pennsylvania) Gottschalk

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 Throughout American history, crime and punishment have been central features of American political development. This 2006 book examines the development of four key movements that mediated the construction of the carceral state in important ways: the victims' movement, the women's movement, the prisoners' rights movement, and opponents of the death penalty.
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Race And Policing In America - Conflict And Reform

by Ronald (George Washington University, Washington Dc) Weitzer e Steven A. (George Washington University, Washington Dc) Tuch

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 Race and Policing in America is about relations between police and citizens, with a focus on racial differences. This book examines the roles played by contact with police, mass media reporting on the police, and neighborhood characteristics in shaping citizens' views of the police.
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Race And Policing In America - Conflict And Reform

by Ronald (George Washington University, Washington Dc) Weitzer e Steven A. (George Washington University, Washington Dc) Tuch

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 Race and Policing in America is about relations between police and citizens, with a focus on racial differences. This book examines the roles played by contact with police, mass media reporting on the police, and neighborhood characteristics in shaping citizens' views of the police.
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Street Justice - Retaliation In The Criminal Underworld

by Bruce A. (University Of Texas, Dallas) Jacobs, Richard (University Of Missouri, St Louis) Wright e Richard Wright

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 Street criminals live in a dangerous world, but they cannot rely on the criminal justice system to protect them from predation by fellow lawbreakers; they often use retaliation as a mechanism for deterring and responding to victimization. This 2006 book explores retaliation from the perspective of those who have experienced it first hand.
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Understanding Crime Statistics - Revisiting The Divergence Of The Ncvs And The Ucr

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 This book examines recent changes in the UCR and the NCVS and assesses the effect these have had on divergence. By focusing on divergence, the authors encourage readers to think about how these data systems filter the reality of crime.
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Key Issues In Criminal Career Research - New Analyses Of The Cambridge Study In Delinquent Development

by Alex R. (University Of Florida) Piquero, Alfred (Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania) Blumstein e David P. (University Of Cambridge) Farrington

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 This book presents one of the world's most descriptive accounts of the criminal careers of 411 South London boys followed to age 40. It highlights the longitudinal patterning of criminal activity as well as the factors that distinguish between different types of offenders.
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The Prison And The Gallows - The Politics Of Mass Incarceration In America

by Marie (University Of Pennsylvania) Gottschalk

45,96€ + 10% CARD

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 Throughout American history, crime and punishment have been central features of American political development. This 2006 book examines the development of four key movements that mediated the construction of the carceral state in important ways: the victims' movement, the women's movement, the prisoners' rights movement, and opponents of the death penalty.
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Early Prevention Of Adult Antisocial Behaviour

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 A comprehensive overview of prevention programmes in pregnancy, infancy, pre-school, parent education and training and school programmes. It also focuses on family violence and whether risk factors and prevention programmes have different effects for females compared to males. Cost-benefit analyses of early prevention programmes are also reviewed.
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The Framework Of Judicial Sentencing - A Study In Legal Decision Making

by Austin (University Of Melbourne) Lovegrove

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 An analysis of multiple-offender sentencing combining rare insight into judicial thinking derived from experienced judges 'think aloud' records with a rule-based and numerical model of decision-making. A solution is offered to the problem of proportionality between offence seriousness and punishment severity in multiple offence cases.
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